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...ated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative form of government, and providing benefits in accordance with this chapter, is hereby declared to be a fraternal benefit society.

...al benefit society has a representative form of government if all of the following apply: (A) The society has a supreme governing body constituted in either of the following ways: (1) As an assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions of members or their representatives, together with other delegates as may be prescribed by the society's laws. A society...

...ecretary or corresponding officers in a form prescribed by the superintendent and duly verified by an examination made by the supervising insurance official of its state of domicile or of any other state, district, territory, province, or country, which examination is satisfactory to the superintendent; (E) Certification from the proper official of its state, district, territory, province, or country of domici...

...appointment of an agent shall be in the form the superintendent of insurance prescribes and may include a consent to service of process. The appointment shall set forth the name and complete address of the agent. The agent shall reside or maintain a business address within this state. (C) The superintendent shall keep a record of the fraternal benefit societies transacting business in this state and the name ...

... attached papers shall be printed in uniform type of which the face shall be not less than ten point, the "text" to include all printed matter except the name and address of the insurer, name and title of the policy, captions, subcaptions, and form number. The superintendent of insurance shall not disapprove any such policy on the ground that every printed portion of its text matter or of any indorsement or attached ...

...sickness and accident insurance is that form of sickness and accident insurance under individual policies for which the premium is payable weekly, and includes any such policy which covers sickness only or accident only. Any insurer authorized to make, transact, or issue sickness and accident insurance in this state may make, transact, or issue industrial sickness and accident insurance in this state. No policy of ...

...sickness and accident insurance is that form of sickness and accident insurance covering any group of two or more employees, members, or other persons, with or without one or more of their dependents and members of their immediate families. Such insurance may be offered to groups without regard to the purpose or type of group or the occupation of the employees, members, or other persons insured under the policy. (B)...

...of sickness and accident insurance on a form which has been disapproved by the superintendent of insurance or has violated sections 3923.01 to 3923.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or an order of the superintendent made in accordance with such sections, the superintendent may suspend the authority of such insurer to transact business within this state for a period of not more than ninety days. In the case of an a...

...reasonable rules as are necessary to conform medicare supplement policies and certificates to the requirements of federal law and regulations promulgated thereunder, including but not limited to: (1) Requiring refunds or credits if the policies or certificates do not meet loss ratio requirements; (2) Establishing a uniform methodology for calculating and reporting loss ratios; (3) Assuring public access to policie...

...The form of all long-term care insurance policies and applications shall be filed and approved in accordance with section 3923.02 of the Revised Code.

...emium payments. (b) The individual performed an act or practice that constitutes fraud or made an intentional misrepresentation of material fact under the terms of the policy. (c) The insurer is ceasing to offer coverage in the individual market in accordance with division (D) of this section and the applicable laws of this state. (d) If the insurer offers coverage in the market through a network plan, the indi...

...appointment of an agent shall be in the form the superintendent of insurance prescribes, which may include a consent to service of process. The appointment shall set forth the name and complete address of the agent. The agent shall reside or maintain a business address within this state. The superintendent shall keep a record of the foreign insurance companies transacting business in this state and the name and addr...

...imited in the mine subsidence insurance form. (C) "Basic property insurance" means insurance against direct loss to property as defined and limited in dwelling fire, homeowners, and farm policies and extended coverage endorsements thereon, as approved by the superintendent of insurance, and insurance for such types, classes, and locations of property against the perils of vandalism, malicious mischief, burglary, or ...

...ear. (B)(1) The board of governors, in formulating the plan of operation, shall adopt minimum underwriting standards and shall be authorized to provide for coverage for losses which result from acts or omissions covered by such policy and reported during the policy period and for which written claim is made against the insured. (2) All policies issued by or on behalf of the association shall contain a provision tha...

...ade available at least annually in such form and detail as is necessary to aid the superintendent in determining whether rating systems comply with the standards set forth in section 3935.03 of the Revised Code. Such rules and plans may also provide for the recording and reporting of expense experience items which are specially applicable to this state and which are not susceptible of determination by a prorating of ...

...refor. Such application shall be in the form or forms and supplements thereto prescribed by the superintendent and shall set forth: (1) The name and address of the applicant, and if the applicant be a firm, association, or partnership, the name and address of each member thereof, and if the applicant be a corporation, the name and address of each of its officers and directors; (2) Whether any license or certifica...

...nuity account pursuant to an allocation formula which may be based on the premiums or reserves of the impaired or insolvent insurer or on any other standard considered by the board in its sole discretion as being fair and reasonable under the circumstances. (2)(a) The amount of the class B assessments for long-term care insurance written by the impaired or insolvent insurer shall be allocated according to a methodo...

...s not specifically set forth in written form by the administrator; (B) Fail to disclose in written solicitation material and on an on-going basis, at least once annually, to the plan sponsor all of the following: (1) All fixed plan costs, identifying what each fixed cost includes; (2) Levels of the specific excess insurance stop-loss deductible; (3) The aggregate excess insurance stop-loss attachment point factor...

...(A)(1) Every application form for insurance from a risk retention group and every policy or certificate of insurance issued by a risk retention group shall contain in ten-point type on the front page and the declaration page, the following notice: "Notice This policy is issued by your risk retention group. Your risk retention group may not be subject to all of the insurance laws and regulations of your state. Sta...

...r persons with respect to rates, policy forms, coverages, or other matters; (3) Prohibits a purchasing group or its members from purchasing insurance on a group basis described in division (A)(2) of this section; (4) Prohibits a purchasing group from obtaining insurance on a group basis because the group has not been in existence for a minimum period of time or because any member has not belonged to the group for a...

...of the following requirements: (a) Is formed and licensed under the provisions of this chapter; (b) Insures or reinsures the risks of separate participants through a participant contract; (c) Segregates each participant's liability into a protected cell. (3) "Participant" means an individual, company, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, and their affiliated entities that insure or reinsure wi...

...greements, derivatives, and other legal forms of financial instruments. (6) "Special purpose financial captive insurance company contract" means a contract between a special purpose financial captive insurance company and a counterparty pursuant to which the special purpose financial captive insurance company agrees to provide insurance or reinsurance protection to the counterparty for risks associated with the cou...

...d by the licensee to access nonpublic information held by the licensee and its information systems. (C) "Ceding insurer" has the same meaning as in section 3901.61 of the Revised Code. (D) "Consumer" means an individual who is a resident of this state and whose nonpublic information is in a licensee's possession, custody, or control. "Consumer" includes an applicant, policyholder, insured, beneficiary, claimant, ...

... (1) Elicit or attempt to elicit any information concerning the race, color, religion, sex, military status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry of an applicant for employment or membership; (2) Make or keep a record of the race, color, religion, sex, military status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry of any applicant for employment or membership; (3) Use any form of application for employm...

..., provided that, before instituting the formal hearing authorized by this section, it shall attempt, by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion, to induce compliance with this chapter. (C)(1) Any person who believes that a person has been the subject of an unlawful discriminatory practice relating to employment may file a charge with the commission alleging either or both of the following: (a...

... or mitigating insects, fungi, or other forms of plant or animal life present in the grain, and which bears no residue of a poisonous material for which a tolerance has not been established, or which bears no residue in excess of a tolerance recognized in regulations adopted under authority of sections 907.41 to 907.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of th...

...ion for registration shall be made on a form prescribed and provided by the director. All moneys received from registration fees and fines collected under sections 911.01 to 911.20 of the Revised Code shall be deposited with the treasurer of state to the credit of the food safety fund created in section 915.24 of the Revised Code. All annual renewal registration fees required by this section shall be paid by the appl...

...nishes the seller a certificate in such form as the director of agriculture prescribes, certifying that such flour will be: (1) Resold to a distributor, baker, or other processor; (2) Used in the manufacture, mixing, or compounding of flour, white bread, or rolls, enriched to meet sections 911.31 to 911.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code; (3) Used in the manufacture of products other than flour, white bread, or ro...

...ense, an application shall be made on a form prescribed by the director and shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred dollars. The director shall thereupon cause an investigation to be made. If the applicant is supplied with the facilities necessary for complying with sections 913.01 to 913.05 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under them, a license shall be issued and shall be effective until the thirtieth day...

...extrose, corn syrup, in liquid or dried form, honey, or any syrup made from any such sugars or any combination of such sugars. (D) "Nonnutritive sweeteners" means saccharin, saccharin salt, sodium cyclamate, calcium cylamate and such other artificial sweetening agents as may be permitted in regulations adopted by the director of agriculture. (E) "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, or other legal...

...y those sections, and may prescribe the form of application to be filed under this section. (B) No person shall manufacture or bottle for sale within this state any soft drink in closed containers unless the person has a license issued by the director. Upon receipt of an application for such a license, the director shall examine the products and the place of manufacture where the business is to be conducted, to det...

...for such license shall be in writing on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. Such application shall be accompanied by the required license fee.

...er. The license issued shall be in such form as the department of agriculture prescribes. Licenses shall be valid until the last day of November following initial issuance or renewal and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed. The original license or a certified copy thereof shall be conspicuously displayed by the operator in the establishment.

...tion 917.09 of the Revised Code; (f) Information that an applicant for a license issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code is required to provide on the application for licensure; (g) Standards for equipment or materials used for the production, processing, and handling of dairy products; (h) Records to be kept by persons holding a license issued under this chapter and the inspection and auditing of books an...

...e substantially of the same effect. The form of said bond and said deposit agreement shall be prescribed by the attorney general. Any producer or association of producers having a claim against a dealer filing such bond, which claim is more than thirty days overdue according to the statement filed by such dealer, may bring action on such bond. Any co-operative association of producers acting as agent for producer me...

...All information that is furnished to or procured by the director of agriculture under sections 917.01 to 917.23 of the Revised Code shall be for the exclusive use and information of the director in the discharge of his official duties and shall not be open to the public or be used in any court in any action or proceeding therein unless the director is a party to such action or proceeding; but such information ...

...ing reasonable hours. Licensees shall inform the director in advance of intended hours of operation. When one inspector is assigned to make inspections at two or more establishments where few animals are slaughtered, or where small quantities of meat products are prepared, the director may designate the hours of the day and the days of the week during which the establishment may be operated. No person shall deny acce...

...ing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the director. (C) All official devices or simulations must at all times be under direct control of a department of agriculture employee, or under official department of agriculture lock or seal.

...rtment may make application therefor on forms provided by the department. If after inspection the director of agriculture finds that an establishment is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, the director shall notify the owner of the establishment and, upon receipt of the required license fee, the establishment shall be permitted to operate. However, if after inspection the director finds ...

...made to the director of agriculture on forms provided by the department of agriculture. The director shall inspect the establishment and if, upon inspection, the establishment is found to be in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, the director shall so notify the owner of the establishment and, upon receipt of the annual license fee of one hundred dollars, shall issue the owner a license. H...

...tablishment, bear in distinctly legible form the official inspection mark and the plant number of the establishment in which the contents were processed and inspected. Each immediate container of poultry product inspected under the authority of section 918.22 of the Revised Code and found to be wholesome in accordance with regulations adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code shall, at the time such product le...

...ishments. (D) "Processing" means to perform any act incidental to the manufacture, preparation, development, or changing of horse meat to convert it into marketable form to be sold or offered for sale at retail. (E) "Horse" means an animal of the equine family. (F) "Carcass" means the dressed body of a horse. (G) "Horse meat" means the meat of a horse. (H) "Horse meat food product" means any article intended for...

...file a statement with the director on a form provided by the director, which shall include all of the following: (1) The name and address of the applicant and the name and address of the person whose name will appear on the label, if other than the applicant's name; (2) The brand and product name of the pesticide; (3) Any necessary information required for completion of the department of agriculture's applicati...

...l applicator license shall be made on a form prescribed by the director. Each application for a license shall state the pesticide-use category or categories of license for which the applicant is applying and other information that the director determines essential to the administration of this chapter. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, if the director finds that the applicant is compete...

...ile a statement with the director, on a form provided by the director, that shall include all of the following: (a) The address of the principal place of business of the pesticide business; (b) The address of each location concerning which the person intends to obtain a license under division (A)(2) or (B) of this section; (c) Any other information that the director determines necessary and that the director re...

...e" means any of the following: (1) Performing pre-application activities involving mixing and loading the pesticide; (2) Applying the pesticide by a commercial applicator or private applicator; (3) Performing other pesticide-related activities, including transporting or storing pesticide containers that have been opened, cleaning equipment, and disposing of excess pesticides, spray mix, equipment wash waters, p...

...nse. The application shall be made on a form prescribed by the director. Each pesticide dealer shall maintain records of all of the restricted use pesticides the pesticide dealer has distributed, as specified by the director, and the records shall be retained by the pesticide dealer for a period of time established by rules. (B) This section does not apply to any federal, state, county, or municipal agency that p...

...anufactures commercial feed or customer-formula feed, or whose name appears on the label of any commercial feed or customer-formula feed as a distributor shall distribute in this state any type of commercial feed unless the person is registered in accordance with this section. A manufacturer and distributor shall annually register, on a form prescribed by the director of agriculture, and pay a registration fee of f...

...griculture may publish annually in such form as the director considers proper: (A) Information concerning the sale of commercial feed, including any production and use data the director considers advisable, provided that the data does not disclose the operation of any manufacturer or distributor; (B) A comparison of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds distributed in this state with the guaranteed a...

...ny other way preserving or changing the form of any agricultural commodity. (H) "Producer" means any person who is in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, any agricultural commodity for commercial sale, except that when used in reference to nursery stock, "producer" also means a distributor, processor, handler, or retailer of nursery stock.